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RAILWAY GAR.

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Patented Nov. 7, 1882.

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RAILWAY GAR.

No. 267,078. f Patented Nov. '7. 1882.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMPSON HERSEE, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

RAILWAY-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,078, dated November7, 1882. Application tiled September 13, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMPSON HERsEE, of the city of Buffalo, in thecounty of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Railway-Cars, of which the following isla specification.

This invention relates to improvements in' railway-cars, and has for itsobject to render the car light and strong and to increase its carryingcapacity.

My invention consists,to that end, ofthe peculiar construction ofthecar, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, consisting of two sheets,- Figure l is aside elevation of my improved car. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section with aportion of the flooring removed. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary verticallongitudinal section of one end of the car. Fig. 4 is fragmentarycrosssection of the car-Hoor. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectionA olthe car.

Like letters of reference ref'er to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the door, B the sides, O the ends, and D the roof, of myimproved railwaycar.

The Hoor A is composed of cross-beams a, constructed of rolled iron,preferably of I shape, and liooring a', which is bolted or otherwisesecured to the upper sides of the beams a, and which runs lengthwise ofthe car, thereby greatly increasing the resisting capacity of the floorto the longitudinal shocksand strains to which it is subjected when thecar is in use. The cross-beams a are further connected by twolongitudinal stringer-plates, b, secured to the under side of the beamsa by angle-irons I1', and running from end to end of the car.

crepresents lateral diagonal braces arranged at suitable distancesapart, and secured with their lower ends to the plates b and with theirupper ends to the ends of the crossbeams a, whereby the plates b arefirmly connected with the beams a. The plates b are connected with eachother by cross-stays c', composed ot'curved plates, which are securedwith their ends to the inner sides of the plates b by means of Iiangesc2.

The sides B and ends C of the car are composed of an outer sheathing ofsheet-iron, d, and an inner lining of wood, d', firmly bolted together.The lower portion ofthe sheathing d covers the ends of the beams a, andis secured t0 the latter by means ot' longitudinal angle-irons d2,secured respectively to the up per and lower sides of the beams, asclearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The corners of the car-body are rounded,as shown at d3, whereby a very tirm connection of the sides and ends iselected.

The roof D is composed of rafters E, which are supported with their endsupon the sides of the car-body, and which carry stringers orlongitudinal pieces 6, to which are secured the roof-boards e'.' Thelatter run crosswise of the car, and are bent to the desired curvature,which is that ot' the arc of a circle, as shown in Fig. 5.

The Ycar-body, constructed as hereinbefore described, is light, strong,neat in appearance, and very durable.

I claim as my invention- In a railway-car, the combination, with thefloor-beams a, arranged crosswise, and llooring a and stringers b,secured lengthwise to the beams a, of diagonal braces o, extendinglaterally from the stringers b and connecting the same with theHoor-beams, substantially as set forth.

THOMPSON HERSEE. Witnesses EDWARD WILHELM, EDW. J. BRADY.

